1st DIAMOND.--Work a Diamond as in the 1st Stripe, but in the 2nd
round make only 8 loops of chain, and for the 9th loop, 3 chain, join
to the 3rd loop of the last diamond, 3 chain, 1 plain in the next loop
of the 1st round; then work 2 loops more the same, joining to the next
two loops of the star; and for the 12th loop, 6 chain, 1 plain, fasten
off.
2nd DIAMOND.--As the 1st, but in the 2nd round, make only 5 loops of
chain, and for the 6th loop, 3 chain, join to the 12th loop of the
last diamond, 3 chain, 1 plain as before; work 5 loops more as the
last, joining them to the next 2 loops of the star, then to the next
loop of the diamond of the 1st stripe, and then to the next 2 loops of
the 2nd star; 6 chain, 1 plain; fasten off.
Repeat the last diamond to the end of the Stripe. Then work the Stars
and the 2nd Stripe of Diamonds until the width is made.
THE EDGE, (TATTING).--Fill the shuttle with gold, keep the work on the
wrong side and commence in a loop of one of the diamonds to the left
of the one already joined, and for a + Small [OE]illet, commence a
loop, work 5 double stitches, draw it close; then join to the next
loop of the next diamond, and for the large [OE]illet commence a loop,
work 2 double, then (1 pearl and 2 double 5 times), draw it nearly
close, and join to the next loop of the diamond. Work 3 large
[oe]illets more the same, joining after each; then repeat from + all
round. At the corners it will require 7 large [oe]illets.